Emily Margaret Watson (born 14 January 1967) is an English actress. She began her career on stage and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1992. In 2002, she starred in productions of Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya at the Donmar Warehouse. She was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actress for the latter. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her debut film role as a newlywed in Lars von Trier’s Breaking the Waves (1996) and for her portrayal of Jacqueline du Pré in Anand Tucker’s Hilary and Jackie (1998).
Watson’s other films include The Boxer (1997), Angela’s Ashes (1999), Gosford Park (2001), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), Red Dragon (2002), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), Corpse Bride (2005), Miss Potter (2006), Synecdoche, New York (2008), Oranges and Sunshine (2010), War Horse (2011), The Theory of Everything (2014), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), God’s Creatures (2022), and Small Things like These (2024).
She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her role in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl. She won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for playing Janet Leach in the 2011 ITV television biopic Appropriate Adult. She was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actress for the 2017 BBC miniseries Apple Tree Yard. In 2024, she portrayed the lead role of Valya Harkonnen in the HBO science fiction series Dune: Prophecy.
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2005 • Movie
as Sister Mary
as Victoria Everglot (voice)
as Dasha
as Natalia Katkov
as Anne Manning
as Queenie Epstein
as Mary O'Brien
as Lena Leonard
as Rose Narracott
as Julie Nicholson
as Beryl Wilde
as Tammy
as Helen Wilton
as Countess Lydia Ivanova
as Narrator
as Millie Warne
as Emma Busbee
as Angela McCourt
as Rosa Hubermann
as Elsie
as Ulana Khomyuk
5 episodes
as Elsa Einstein
10 episodes
as Self
2 episodes
as Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen
6 episodes
as Rosalie
1 episodes
as Marmee March
3 episodes
as Mrs. Martin
6 episodes
as Sheila (voice)
2 episodes
as Dr. Emma Robinson
3 episodes
as Yvonne Carmichael
4 episodes
as Freya Gardner
3 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Janet Leach
2 episodes
5 episodes
as Grace McKee
2 episodes
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